Veil-fastener.



Pate'nted May 27,1902. W. BERNSTEIN.

vElL FASTENER.

`Application filed Mar. 22, 1902.) (No Model.)

UNITED STATES" PATENT OFFICE.

VILLIAM BERNSIEIN, OF NEV YORK, N. Y.

vElL-FASTENERV.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters, Patent No. 701,133, datedMay 27,1902. Application filed March 22. 1902. serial No; 99,458l` (No modem Toa/ZZ whom zit may concern.: y

Be it known that I, WILLIAMpB'ERNsTEIN, a citizen of the United States,and a resident ofthe city of New York, borough of Manhattan, in thecounty and State of New York,'haVe invented a new and ImprovedVeil-Fastener, of which the following is a full, clear, andexactdescription.

The object of the invention is to provide a new and improvedveil-fastener for permanent use on a ladys hat to allow of quickly andconveniently securing the veil inplace, the fastener beingratherinconspicuous, and hence does not mar the appearance of the veilor hat.

The invention consists of novel features and parts and combinations Ofthe same, as will be more fully described hereinafter and then pointedout in the claim.`

A practical embodiment of the invention is represented in the'accompanyin g drawings, forming a part of this specification, in whichsimilar characters of referenceindicate corresponding parts in all theviews.

Figure l is a reduced perspective view of lthe improvement asapplied tothe front of a hat. Fig. 2 is an enlarged perspective view of the sameapplied to the rear of a hat, and Fig. 3 is an enlarged perspective viewof the improvement.

The improved veil-fastener consists, essen-V tially, of anattaching-plate A, adapted to be sewed or otherwise fastened to the hatat any desired place thereon, preferably along the rim, two or morefasteners being also preferably employed on the same hat, one at thefront and the other at the rear, as indicated in Figs. l and 2. From theattaching-plate A extends a pin B, having the base portion B of itsshank extending from the lower part of the plate in anoutward and upwarddirection, the said base-plate terminating in an ogee-curved portion B2,which extends inwardly and upwardly and terminates in a point B3,ranging in the same direction and reachingwithin a short distance of thefront Vof the plate A, near l[he upper end thereof. Now lwhen theattaching-plate is secured to the hat then the end of the veil or anyportion thereof can be' readily slipped onto the point B3 and drawndownward over the curved portion B2, and thus into the space formedbetween the attaching-plate and the lower or base end Bof theshank, theveil being prevented from slipping out of the pin by the curved portionarranged at angles to the base portion of the shank and standing in thedirection mentioned. Now by the arrangement described considerable spaceis formed be tween the-pin and the attaching-plate to accommodate 'theveil, at the same time pre venting the veil from becoming-accidentallydetached, torn, or creased, as is so frequently the case in tying theends ofthe veil at the back.

Having thus described my invention, I claimias new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- -A veil-fastener, comprising an attachingplate,adapted to be secured to a hat, a pin extending on the front face of theattachingplate,a`nd comprising a shank, having its base end extending atangles from the said plate and in an upward and outward direction, the

base end of the shank terminating in an ogee* curved portion, extendinginwardly and upwardly, and a'point extending from the said curvedportion and in the same direction, and reaching within a short distanceof the base of the attaching-plate, as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of A two subscribing witnesses.

WILLIAM BERNSTEIN.

